 On the same day, a secret meeting of "Sfatul Țării" decided to send another delegation to Iași to ask for help from Romania.After the Bolshevik forces of the Rumcherod attacked the region of Bessarabia, the Romanian government of Ion I. C. Brătianu decided to intervene, and on , the 11th Infantry Division under General Ernest Broșteanu entered Chișinău.After skirmishes in the environs of Bălți (where the defending troops were led by Anatolie Popa) and Chișinău, the pro-Soviet troops retreated to Tighina, and after a battle retreated further beyond the Dniester.